Rúnar triumphant

Rúnar Páll Gígja was triumphant at the 2 mile Self-Transcendence Tjarnarhlaup race last Tuesday night, November 9, and, in doing so, became only the fourth winner of this prestigious race.

Rúnar's time was 13:39, which is 30 seconds better than his previous best, set only last week, November 2. Furthermore, Rúnar has improved by 2 minutes and 5 seconds since the Tjarnarhlaup races started, which was in August 10, only three months ago!

It is worth mentioning that before Rúnar learned of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, and of its founder, Sri Chinmoy, he had not been involved in sports seriously since he was a teenager.

Results (with 1-mile split times shown in brackets):

Rúnar Páll Gígja 13:39 (6:37)

Ágúst Örn Márusson 15:35 (7:42)

Víðir Sigurðsson 16:33 (7:57)

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Pre-race interviews from Ireland and Iceland

By Rupantar LaRussoauthor bio »

11. June 2015

About the author:

Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website.

Nirbhasa Magee comes originally from Ireland, but has been living for the past couple of years in Iceland. Here are a couple of interviews he had before the race start:

100km a day for 52 days - interview with Morgunblaðið, one of Iceland's 2 main daily papers (that's Nirbhasa's picture on the left below the mast)

SCMT's Nirbhasa Magee wins Reykjavik Haustmarathon

By Nirbhasa Mageeauthor bio »

25. October 2014

About the author:

Nirbhasa is originally from Ireland but currently lives in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is an enthusiastic multi-day runner, having twice completed both the Ten Day Race and the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race - the longest race in the world.

Nirbhasa Magee from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team won the Haustmarathon on 25 October, coming home in a time of 3:18 - his best time for quite a few years. The race started at 8am in temperature of 2 degrees Celsius, there was not such a big field compared with the half marathon which started two hours later.

Earlier this year, Nirbhasa finished third in the Self-Transcendence Ten Day Race in New York.